ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,214,864, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to DASSAULT AVIATION (Paris).
"Aircraft portion with a reduced drag" was invented by Xavier Bernard (Saint Cloud, France), Zdenek Johan (Saint Cloud, France) and Aurelien Merlet (Saint Cloud, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aircraft portion with reduced drag includes a wing-fuselage junction fairing at the interface between the wing and the fuselage. The junction fairing has an outer surface including two lateral portions each covering the root of a respective wing, and a lower portion connecting the side portions to each other and extending under the fuselage. The flow of air around the ju...